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Plenary presentation at a missions conference which looks at how mobile ministry could enable every unreached person to connect with the Jesus, His good news and His people (the church) via their mobile device. Reasons for hope as well as barriers to that happening are considered.
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That We Would Be Like the Men of
Issachar
“men who understood the times and knew what
Israel should do”
1 Chron. 12:31
And people from every tongue, tribe
and nation…
86% or more of these religionists [Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims]
globally do not personally know a Christian.
In 2013, the number of mobile-cellular subscriptions
reaches 6.8 billion, corresponding to a global
penetration of 96%
International Telecommunications Union
For the earth will be filled with the
knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the
sea.Habakkuk 2:14
Abu Mohammed
Your Stories
How have you seen mobile impactingthe lives of your people?
How have you seen God use mobile tobring glory to Himself?
Equipping WEC International outreaches with mobile
ministry training, media and tools
Mobile Ministry Forum
Mobile Ministry Forum
The Vision That every unreached
person have the chance to encounter Jesus and His kingdom in a compelling, contextualized fashion through their personal mobile device by the end of 2020.
YawnYet another set-up for anepic fail…
What’s different about thisone?
Hope for the Vision
1) Our potential media access to every people (ethne) of the earth is unparalleled in history.
? B.C.
2011
March 6,
1984
2014
7 7 BillionBillion
2005
2013
Reasons for Hope
2) “Crowd-sourcing” Bible translation is
a growing opportunity.
Reasons for Hope
3) The mobile enables on-the-ground
production of locally appropriate
media.
2004
100 million cameras of any type were sold
in the world
1.5 1.5 BillionBillion phones with phones with cameras were sold in 2012 cameras were sold in 2012
alone!alone!
Reasons for Hope
4) Mobile has its own built-in distribution mechanisms that allow for “viral” transmission of media.
Purdue University’s
Experience in Nigeria
Reasons for Hope
5) The missions world is networking
and partnering together!
Ekko (video)
www.ekkomobile.com
The Vision That every unreached
person have the chance to encounter Jesus and His kingdom in a compelling, contextualized fashion through their personal mobile device by the end of 2020.
Potential Barriers
1) Focusing on smartphones and smartphone apps to the exclusion of 70% of all phones in use today!
The Mobile Ecosystem (current as of
Q4 2013)
“No phone left behind”
Potential Barriers
2) Focusing on internet-based outreach and leaving behind those living “beyond the internet”
Potential Barriers
2) Focusing on internet-based outreach and leaving behind those living “beyond the internet”
Potential Barriers
There are somewhere between 1.7 and 2.2 BILLION souls who have a mobile but are not accessing the internet!
?
Potential Barriers
3) Media ministries remaining in a media producer, rather than media enabler, paradigm.
Potential Barriers
4) Security issues that can prevent us from implementing mobile ministry and threaten those reached through it.
Potential Barriers
5) Copyright restrictions that keep the Bible and other outreach media locked down so that it cannot:
a) Be modified to work on phones, put into audio form, translated, etc.
b) Flow freely from phone to phone
But what about sustainability?
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33
The most likely point of failure!
11:00 Hall 2
Biblical Media, Any Lanugage,No Restrictions, for Free
(Tim Jore/Distant Shores Media)
Moving Ahead
http://www.mobileministryforum.org/mobile-ministry-made-easy
www.mobileministryforum.org
http://www.renewoutreach.com/mobile-ministry/
https://cybermissions.org/moodle
Take part in the mobile ministry conversation!
Twitter Hashtag = #mobmin
Posts (“Tweets”) are archived at http://mobmin.herokuapp.com/
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the
name of the LORD our God.
Psalm 20:7
Some trust in mobile and some in the
internet, but we trust in the
name of the LORD our God.
Psalm 2014